A free weekly newspaper in Yorkshire has ceased publication as a stand-alone title and will instead feature as part of a sister paper.
The Thorne and District Gazette will now only appear as a sub-section inside Johnston Press sister title the Doncaster Free Press. No jobs will be lost as a result of the changes.
The news was announced on the front page of the last edition on the newspaper on Thursday in a leader by editor-in-chief of South Yorkshire Newspapers Graeme Huston.
Graeme told readers that the move was made to ‘bring you a better quality coverage of your home town.’
The article reads: “It is an exciting time for us and we are looking forward to bringing you more news and views from Thorne and the surrounding area.
“In the new look Thorne pages we will be keeping the community news section, what’s on, letters and sport from the Gazette, but also bringing you more news stories and pictures from your patch.
“To keep in touch we’ll be organising reporter surgeries for you to meet with one of our team.”
He added: “Finally I would just like to thank everyone involved in the production of the Thorne Gazette, its loyal advertisers, the householders who received the paper and its distribution team.
“I very much hope readers will continue to enjoy the Gazette in its new home as a section of the Free Press.”
The changes are also set to see improvements made to the Thorne Gazette’s website.
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Huston says he very much hopes readers will continue to enjoy the Gazette in its new home. I wonder if they will also enjoy having to pay for it!
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Considering HTFP is by journos, for journos, you’d think they’d do more than act as a PR conduit. If people don’t question statements such as the move was made to ‘bring you a better quality coverage of your home town’ we might as well pack it in. I remember the Thorne Gazette starting as a vibrant voice in the town, started by redundant comps from the old Free Press/SYT. It has been neglected ever since JP bought it, and now they have killed it.
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“Graeme told readers that the move was made to ‘bring you a better quality coverage of your home town.” Can any of Graeme’s staff enlighten us as to how long his nose has grown since he made this statement?
“It is an exciting time for us.”
Life doesn’t get much more exciting than this – not even in Thorne
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